Millennium Post

Haryana FDA initiates proceeding­s against blood bank

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CHANDIGARH: Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister Anil Vij said that in the campaign being run by Food and Drug Administra­tion Department regarding illegal medicine shops at blood centres and nursing homes, Noble Hospital, Tosham Road, Shriram Blood Centre in Hisar and two dental hospitals were raided by teams of FDA on the basis of secret informatio­n.

Vij shared that the FDA team sent Purna Chand to the blood centre posing as a donor. The Medical Officer was not present on the spot at that time. The lab technician named Tanu was present there, after conducting a medical examinatio­n of the donor he declared him to be fit for blood donation and also collected his blood sample.

It is noteworthy that the blood of a donor can be taken only if it is found suitable for blood donation by the Medical Officer after a thorough medical examinatio­n. It is a serious offence to collect blood samples wherein the donor has not been examined by a medical officer authentica­ted by the State Drug Controller. Apart from this, many other serious violations such as not testing blood as per guidelines, not sending Hiv/hepatitis positive reports, not conducting sterility tests, not maintainin­g records of refrigerat­or temperatur­e as per rules, not giving informatio­n about blood donation campus etc. were found.

Two other FDA teams also raided illegal medical stores operating in two dental hospitals in Hisar city.

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